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Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Group (OLFPG), is owned by Polarity. Oni Press has remained the "predominant name used for publishing comics" by OLFPG. Overview The company name derives from ''oni'', the word for the ogre demons popular in Japanese folklore. Oni Press used the term "real mainstream," coined by Stephen Holland of the UK comic shop Page 45, to suggest that the subject matter it publishes is more in line with the popular genres of other media, such as thrillers, romances and realistic drama. For the most part, Oni Press avoids publishing superhero titles, unless interesting creators approach these concepts from an unusual angle. However, at one point, Rich Johnston of All The Rage reported that Oni Press and Marvel Comics were creating a publishing deal f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polarity (company)
Polarity LTD is an American media company founded in 2018 by David Steward II. In 2019, it became the parent company of Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Group which was created by the merger/acquisition of comic book publishers The Lion Forge LLC and Oni Press. The company also owns the music label Neon Metropolis and formerly owned the comics magazine '' The Beat''. Its name conveys opposing forces and a global perspective to build a captivating range of assets. As a media company, Polarity is focused on investing in, and distributing new content to the global marketplace. History In 2018, David Steward II, co-founder of Lion Forge Comics, founded the media company Polarity "to help develop Lion Forge characters outside comics". OPB reported that Lion Forge "quietly rolled out" Polarity "as a holding company and investment platform for animation and other pop culture content products". On May 8, 2019, Oni Press announced a merger with Lion Forge Comics with the merger negotiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Rage
All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All album), 1999 * ''All'' (Descendents album) or the title song, 1987 * ''All'' (Horace Silver album) or the title song, 1972 * ''All'' (Yann Tiersen album), 2019 * "All" (song), by Patricia Bredin, representing the UK at Eurovision 1957 * "All (I Ever Want)", a song by Alexander Klaws, 2005 * "All", a song by Collective Soul from ''Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid'', 1994 Science and mathematics * ALL (complexity), the class of all decision problems in computability and complexity theory * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia * Anterolateral ligament Sports * American Lacrosse League * Arena Lacrosse League, Canada * Australian Lacrosse League Other uses * All, Missouri, a community in the United States * All, a brand of Sun Products * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck BB
Chuck BB (born 1981) is an American comic book creator, best known for his work on ''Spider-Man'', ''Fear Agent'', and Oni's ''Black Metal''. Published works Chuck BB's works include: *''The Art of Boom! Studios'' (Boom! Studios, 2011) *''Black Metal'' (Oni Press, 2007) *''CBGB'' (Image Comics, 2010) *''Drink and Draw Social Club'' (2010) *''Fear Agent'' (Image Comics, 2005) *''Flight'' (2004) *'' New Avengers (2010) *'' PopGun'' (Image Comics, 2007) *''Secret Skull'' (IDW, 2004) *''Spider-Island: I Love New York City'' (Marvel Comics, 2011) *''Spider-Man: Spider-Island Companion'' (Marvel Comics, 2012) *''Steve Niles Omnibus'' (2008) *''Wasteland Wasteland or waste land may refer to: * Desert or barren area * an uncultivated area of land, whether wooded or not, whether common land or not Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Wasteland'' (DC Comics), 1987–1989 anthology-style horror ...'' (2006) *''Western Tales of Terror'' (2004) Recognition *2008 Chuck BB, ''Black Metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Spear
Rick Spears is an American comic book writer, best known for ''Teenagers from Mars'' and ''The Pirates of Coney Island''. Early life Both Spears and his main collaborator Rob G. grew up in Richmond, Virginia, although they first met only after moving to New York City: Career In 2001, Spears and Rob G. began self-publishing their debut series ''Teenagers from Mars''. In 2003, the pair produced a short Batman story for DC Comics. Upon completing ''Teenagers from Mars'', they formed Gigantic Graphic Novels to collect the issues and release their first graphic novel, '' Dead West'', following up with the 5-issue mini-seies ''Repo'', published by Image Comics. Other work from Spears includes the ''Black Metal'' trilogy of graphic novels with artist Chuck BB, a variety of short stories for Marvel and the graphic novel adaptation of the film ''Jennifer's Body''. Bibliography Early work *''Teenagers from Mars'' #1–8 (with Rob G., self-published, 2001–2003) collected as ''Teen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pilgrim
''Scott Pilgrim'' is a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The series is about Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario, and plays bass in a band. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her in peace. The series consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. Full-colour hardback volumes, coloured by Nathan Fairbairn, were released from August 2012 to April 2014. A film adaptation of the series titled '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' starring actor Michael Cera in the title role was released in August 2010. A video game adaptation developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade was released the same month. Developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Bryan Lee O'Malley (born February 21, 1979) is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for the ''Scott Pilgrim'' series. He also performs as a musician under the alias Kupek. Career Bryan Lee O'Malley attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in London, Ontario, Canada. He went on to start in Film Studies at the University of Western Ontario, but dropped out before completing. Prior to having his own material published, O'Malley illustrated the Oni Press miniseries '' Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero'', written by Jen Van Meter. He also lettered many Oni comics, including the majority of Chynna Clugston's output between 2002 and 2005. His first original graphic novel was ''Lost at Sea'', released by Oni Press in 2003. ''Lost at Sea'' is a coming-of-age story about a shy 18-year-old girl named Raleigh, who believes her soul was stolen by a cat, and the road trip she takes across the United States with several teens from her school that she barely knows. From 2004 to 2010, O' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005."The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards" Comic-con.org WebCitation archive (requires scrolldown). The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Paperback (comics)
In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller "digest-sized" format, or a larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term '' trade paperback'', which is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen & Country
''Queen & Country'' is an American comic book published by Oni Press and written by Greg Rucka with various artists illustrating. It was inspired by the British ITV television series ''The Sandbaggers'' (1978–1980), which was created and primarily written by Ian Mackintosh. Mackintosh is heavily praised in an essay by Rucka in Issue #1 of ''Queen & Country''. Publication history The first series began in March 2001 and ran for 32 issues, finishing in August 2007. Three ''Queen & Country: Declassified'' spin-off mini-series have also been published, the first two written by Rucka and the third by Antony Johnston under Rucka's supervision. They deal specifically with the past missions of various characters. Events of the first Declassified miniseries in particular influence what happens in later issues of the main series; it is best read before "Operation Stormfront". Translated editions of the collected volumes are available in Polish, French and German, and several volu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Rucka
Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well as lengthy runs on such titles as '' Detective Comics'', ''Wonder Woman'' and '' Gotham Central'' for DC Comics, and '' Elektra'', ''Wolverine'' and ''The Punisher'' for Marvel. He has written a substantial amount of supplemental material for a number of DC Comics' line-wide and inter-title crossovers, including " No Man's Land", "Infinite Crisis" and "New Krypton". Rucka made his debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay for the 2020 film '' The Old Guard'', based on his comic book series of the same name. Early life Greg Rucka was born in San Francisco and raised on the Monterey Peninsula of California, in an area known to the locals as "Steinbeck Country". Rucka is Jewish. He first discovered comics at the Nob Hill Market in Salinas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullen Bunn
Cullen Bunn is an American comics writer, novelist, and short story writer, best known for his work on comic books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' X-Men: Blue'', ''Magneto'' and various ''Deadpool'' miniseries for Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series '' The Damned'' and ''The Sixth Gun'' for Oni Press and '' Harrow County'' for Dark Horse Comics, as well as his middle reader horror novel ''Crooked Hills'', and his short story work collection ''Creeping Stones & Other Stories''. As of 2018, Bunn writes ''X-Men: Blue'' and '' Venomized'' for Marvel, ''PumpkinHead'' for Dynamite, ''Subspecies'' for Action Lab, ''Shadow Roads'' for Oni Press, ''Regression'' for Image, '' Unholy Grail'', ''Brothers Dracul'' and ''Dark Ark'' for Aftershock Comics, and ''Harrow County'' for Dark Horse. Early life Cullen Bunn grew up in rural North Carolina. He lived there until he was 19, when his parents moved to Thayer, Missouri to run a cattle farm. After a couple years, his parents moved back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasteland (comic)
''Wasteland'' is a monthly comic book series written by Antony Johnston, drawn by Christopher Mitten with covers by Ben Templesmith, and published by Oni Press. It debuted in July 2006 in comics, 2006 and ended in April 2015 in comics, 2015. The series is set one hundred years after the Big Wet, an unspecified disaster that destroyed modern society and, it is assumed, changed the world's coastlines. The story takes place somewhere in United States of America, America, now a barren desert and dustbowl without modern technology. The seas are poisonous, and subsistence farming with small amounts of livestock appears to be the norm. The book also has theme music, composed and performed by Johnston, which can be downloaded from thofficial website Format Each issue of ''Wasteland'' is 32 pages long (with the exception of issue #1, which was a special double length premiere) and contains 22 pages of comic story, one episode of the prose serial travelogue ''Walking The Dust'', a Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
